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64 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Proceeds benefit the Best Friends Animal Society, a nonprofit working to end the killing in America’s animal shelters through adoption, spay and neuter education, and no-kill initiatives. 8) First Book Marketplace :: fbmarketplace.org. 6) Best Friends Animal Society Store :: shop.bestfriends.org. 21) PETA Shop :: shop.peta.org.

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Why is "World Class" so Classist?

Museum 2.0

The museum is free to all-comers and showcases pieces from Slim's extensive collection of European and Mexican art, including pieces by major international artists whose work is not easy to find in Latin America. And worst of all, they might make some "ordinary people" feel inferior about enjoying art in a non-world class setting.

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34 Clever Summer Fundraising Ideas

Whole Whale

Take a look at how HikeFor.com is helping Donate Life America raise funds. Ask for donations in exchange for attendance and have a yoga teacher lead a class for a cause. Bonus points if the artist does an entire custom flash related to your cause. Use a crowdfunding strategy or strategic peer-to-peer asks. Be #UnSelfie–ish.

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The Art of Relevance Sneak Peek: Rock and Roll Family Edition

Museum 2.0

Yesterday, the local paper in Santa Cruz published a great article about my new book, The Art of Relevance. When writing The Art of Relevance , I knew I wanted to share a bit of his story and the ways artists negotiate the relevance of their own work. I loved the piece. Here's that chapter. The work is the work.

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Advice for the College Senior Who Wants to Make a Difference

Have Fun - Do Good

If you are a college student, or someone in career transition, who wants to find work that fulfills your big vision for a better world, I have a few words of advice, and some books to recommend. Research classes/workshops in a skill I want to learn. Boy, do I wish this book had been around when I was in college. My advice: 1.

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Favianna Rodriguez: Political Digital Artist and Printmaker

Have Fun - Do Good

I think about how hesitant I was to become an artist, because I didn't see role models, and even to this day how hard it is for me sometimes to find peers who are women of color, because of how systematically they are pushed out. I'm an artist and an institution builder. The kind of art I do is art that gets engaged into the public.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

Museum 2.0

In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean''s book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." QUESTIONS ABOUT RESISTANCE TO CHANGE 5.

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